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me to sit in luxurious ease, enjoying the fumes 

 of the tobacco ; lastly, he threw water of a very 

 high temperature over me, until I wondered 

 whether I should be able to endure the pressure 

 of my clothes. However, tlie process is very re- 

 freshing, particularly after a long journey; and in 

 all my other rambles I never failed to submit to 

 a repetition of the operation whenever I had an 

 opportunity. The Pasha's humaums, or baths, 

 which may be used by any one who chooses to 

 pay the not very exorbitant price charged for 

 them, are situated close to his palace in the Fort 

 of Janina. 



The barracks at Janina, which have been re- 

 cently constructed, are well built and airy, but 

 are made, by the Turkish mode of arranging the 

 soldiers, to hold about twice the number that, 

 under our regulations, they would contain. The 

 building itself had been erected at the expense of 

 the Greek inhabitants of Janina, in order to get 

 rid of the inconvenience of having soldiers quar- 

 tered upon them in their houses, as had previously 

 been the custom. The militaiy arrangements 

 were really very good. I considered the firelocks 

 and accoutrements serviceable, and in very tole- 



